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Long before they were everyday fixtures, mirrors were viewed not as simple reflective glass, but as windows into the unseen. In medieval Europe, the practice of catoptromancy (divination using reflections) was closely tied to witchcraft and the belief that a mirror reveals the future rather than the present. Ancient traditions said that a mirror reflected a person's very soul: a distorted image signalled a corrupted spirit, while soulless entities like vampires cast no reflection at all...
S O U R C E S
- https://www.museumoftheweird.com/2015/09/11/haunted-mirrors/
- https://yokai.com/ungaikyou/?srsltid=AfmBOoqwRQL-80SWOE8FeTJsJDLoRIqZ8Kvx2C8wuDCTEtY9Q-GdT1Fb
- https://www.theoi.com/Heros/Narkissos.html
- https://www.jahernandez.com/posts/mirrors-superstition-mythology-psychology-sanity
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